BEWARE: Don't Accept What'sApp Video Call Link - Its a SCAM

BEWARE: Don't Accept What'sApp Video Call Link - Its a SCAM

Whenever a popular app does a gradual roll out of a major feature, there are bound to be scammers waiting to swoop in and do their thing. This time it’s about WhatsApp’s much hyped, and much awaited video calling feature. We’ve received multiple forwards on WhatsApp about an invitation to enable WhatsApp video calling. This message perpetuates that the only way to enable the video calling feature is to go to the linked website and enable it from there. This of course is total hogwash.

When a user goes to the link showed in the screenshot, it shows a phoney progress bar where the “update” is “installed”. Later, the user is asked to invite 4 friends, and that’s the only way to enable the feature.

This is a SCAM, and instead of getting video call, you will end up getting spam, or even virus in your phone/device.

How To Actually Enable and Use Video Calling
You simply have to go to Google Play or from iTunes Store.

Note: WhatsApp has said that this is going to be a staged rollout. So if you don’t see this feature right now, or if it just doesn’t work for you, sit tight, it will in the following days. A scam like the one shown below isn’t going to help you.